BULLET AND SHOT 



For the native names in different Indian 

 languages of the various species of game, as also 

 in many cases for measurements, he is much 

 indebted to the works of Mr. Sterndale and Dr. 

 Jerdon, though he has occasionally seen fit to 

 slightly modify their nomenclature. 



During his long residence in the Mysore province 

 as District Forest Officer, the author's advice and 

 assistance in large game shooting was constantly 

 invoked by other sportsmen (chiefly military officers), 

 and he has had very clearly put before him the 

 difficulty which beginners find in the prosecution 

 of this sport before they have had time to learn 

 for themselves by occasionally bitter, and often 

 dearly -bought personal experience, how best to 

 proceed. 



With a view to smoothing the path of the 

 tyro in the Indian jungles, the author has been 

 careful to go into all details which have occurred 

 to him as likely to aid in attaining that object, 

 and he trusts that his efforts in this direction may 

 prove successful. 



Chapter XXIV. will be found a complete guide to 

 the chief shooting grounds of the Mysore country, 

 and as the language spoken therein (as also in 

 Canara) is Canarese, a limited number of words 

 likely to be useful to the sportsman have been 

 furnished, with their Canarese equivalents spelt as 

 phonetically as possible, without any regard to their 

 spelling in the vernacular. The author has often 

 supplied other sportsmen who did not know 

 Canarese with a few of these words, which have, 



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